2024 Bathurst 12 Hour

The 2024 Bathurst 12 Hour (commercially titled 2024 Repco Bathurst 12 Hour) was an endurance race for FIA GT3 cars and invited vehicles, staged at the Mount Panorama Circuit in Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia on 18th February 2024. It was the opening round of seven in the 2024 GT World Challenge Australia and the opening round of four in the 2024 Intercontinental GT Challenge.

2024 Bathurst 12 Hour

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2024 Bathurst 12 Hour

Event Information
Round 1 of 4 in the 2024
Date	16–18 February 2024
Location	Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia
Venue	Mount Panorama Circuit
Results
Race 1 Distance 275 laps 1708.575 km Pole position Sheldon van der Linde Team WRT 2:01.9810 Winner Matt Campbell Ayhancan Güven Laurens Vanthoor Manthey Racing / EMA Motorsport 12:01:22.0968

This year marked the first year Repco sponsored the race, replacing Künzelsau-based Würth, which had sponsored the race with its Liqui Moly oil brand.

Entry list

Class structure

Entries were divided into classes based on car type and driver ratings.

• Class A – GT3 (current-specification GT3 cars)
  • Pro - for driving combinations with no driver category restrictions.^[1]
  • Pro-Am - for driving combinations featuring two FIA Platinum-, FIA Gold- or FIA Silver-rated drivers and one or two FIA Bronze-rated drivers.
  • Silver Cup - for driving combinations featuring only FIA Silver- and FIA Bronze-rated drivers
  • Bronze - for driving combinations featuring only FIA Bronze-rated drivers.
• Class B – GT Cup class
  • Class B will be open to Porsche GT3 Cup cars and other GTC cars from one-make categories.
• Class C – GT4 (current-specification GT4 cars)
• Class I – Invitational class
  • Class I will be open to MARC Cars, GT2 cars and other special GT cars.

Entries

Team Car Engine No. Drivers Class Class A (GT3) Melbourne Performance Centre[a] Audi R8 LMS Evo II Audi DAR 5.2 L V10 2 Ricardo Feller[2] P Brad Schumacher[2] Markus Winkelhock[2] 9 Marc Cini[2] PA Dean Fiore[2] Lee Holdsworth[2] 22 Christopher Haase[2] P Kelvin van der Linde[2] Liam Talbot[2] Phantom Global Racing / Team75[b] Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) Porsche M97/80 4.2 L Flat-6 13 Bastian Buus[4] P Joel Eriksson[4] Jaxon Evans[4] Heart of Racing / SPS Automotive Performance[c] Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 27 Ian James[5] PA Ross Gunn[5] Alex Riberas[5] Team WRT[d] BMW M4 GT3 BMW S58B30T0 3.0 L Twin Turbo I6 32 Sheldon van der Linde[6] P Dries Vanthoor[6] Charles Weerts[6] 46 Raffaele Marciello[6] P Maxime Martin[6] Valentino Rossi[6] Valmont Racing / Tigani Motorsport[e] Audi R8 LMS Evo II Audi DAR 5.2 L V10 44 Sergio Pires[3] S Brad Shiels[7] Luke Youlden[7] Marcel Zalloua[3] Tigani Motorsport[f] Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 47 James Koundouris[8] S Theo Koundouris[8] David Russell[8] Jonathon Webb[8] M Motorsport / Erebus Motorsport[g] Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 48 Jack Le Brocq[9] PA Justin McMillan[9] Garth Walden[9] Glen Wood[9] SunEnergy1 Racing[10] Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 75 Jules Gounon[11] P Kenny Habul[11] Luca Stolz[11] Craft-Bamboo Racing[h] Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 77 Maximilian Götz[11] P Daniel Juncadella[11] Jayden Ojeda[11] Triple Eight Race Engineering[i] Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 88 Prince Jeffri Ibrahim[12] PA Jordan Love[12] Jamie Whincup[12] 888 Will Brown[13] P Broc Feeney[13] Mikaël Grenier[13] Wall Racing[14] Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2 Lamborghini DGF 5.2 L V10 93 Tony D'Alberto[14] S Adrian Deitz[14] Grant Denyer[14] David Wall[14] GruppeM Racing[j] Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 130 Maro Engel[11] P Felipe Fraga[11] David Reynolds[11] Scott Taylor Motorsport[17] Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 222 Craig Lowndes[17] P Thomas Randle[18] Cam Waters[18] Manthey Racing / EMA Motorsport[k] Porsche 911 GT3 R (991.2) Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 911 Harry King[19] PA Alessio Picariello[19] Yasser Shahin[19] Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) Porsche M97/80 4.2 L Flat-6 912 Matt Campbell[19] P Ayhancan Güven[19] Laurens Vanthoor[19] Class C (GT4) Nineteen Corporation[3][20] Mercedes-AMG GT4 Mercedes-AMG M178 4.0 L V8 19 Daniel Bilski[20] Adam Christodoulou[11] Mark Griffith[11] Ginetta G56 GT4 GM LS3 6.2 L V8 56 Paul Buccini[20] Owen Hizzey[20] Colin White[20] Aaron Zerefos[20] Method Motorsport[21] McLaren Artura GT4 McLaren M630 3.0 L V6 25 Jesse Bryan[22] Marcos Flack[22] Chaz Mostert[22] 230 Tom Hayman[23] Tom McLennan[23] Elliot Schutte[23] Class I (Invitational) Matt Stone Racing[24] MARC IRC GT GM LS3 6.2 L V8 10 Cameron Hill[24] John Holinger[24] Nick Percat[24] T2 Racing[l] MARC IRC GT GM LS3 6.2 L V8 20 Adam Hargraves[25] Daniel Jilesen[25] Cedric Sbirrazzuoli[25] Vantage Racing[26] KTM X-Bow GT2 Audi 2.5 L TFSI I5 50 David Crampton[26] Trent Harrison[26] Laura Kraihamer[26] Wheels Ltd.[m] MARC II V8 Ford Modular 5.2 L V8 91 Keith Kassulke[27] Cameron McLeod[27] Hadrian Morrall[27] Tim Slade[25] MRA Motorsport[3] MARC II V8 Ford Modular 5.2 L V8 111 Darren Currie[3] Axle Donaldson[3] Rylan Gray[3] Vortex SAS[29] Vortex 1.0 Chevrolet LS3 6.2 L V8 701 Lionel Amrouche[29] Julien Boilot[29] Philippe Bonnel[29] TekworkX Motorsport[30] MARC IRC GT GM LS3 6.2 L V8 702 Geoff Emery Daniel Stutterd[30] Paul Tracy[30] Max Twigg[25] Source:[31]

Icon Class P Pro S Silver PA Pro-Am Am Am

Notes

• HubAuto Racing was due to compete in the GT3-Pro class with a Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) with drivers Klaus Bachler, Kévin Estre and Patrick Pilet, but withdrew due to shipping delays making the car unable to arrive on time.^[32]

Results

Practice

Session	Day	Fastest Lap
		No.	Driver	Team	Car	Time	Ref
Practice 1	Friday	22	Kelvin van der Linde	Melbourne Performance Centre	Audi R8 LMS Evo II	2:02.7346	[33]
Practice 2[n]		22	Liam Talbot	Melbourne Performance Centre	Audi R8 LMS Evo II	2:06.1193	[34]
Practice 3		912	Laurens Vanthoor	Manthey Racing / EMA Motorsport	Porsche 911 GT3 R (992)	2:03.6897	[35]
Practice 4[n]		48	Garth Walden	M Motorsport / Erebus Motorsport	Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo	2:05.3317	[36]
Practice 5	Saturday	88	Jamie Whincup	Triple Eight Race Engineering	Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo	2:03.1132	[37]
Practice 6		222	Cam Waters	Scott Taylor Motorsport	Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo	2:02.9190	[38]

Qualifying

Pos.	Class	No.	Driver	Team	Car	Time
						Gr.A	Gr.B
1	P	888	Broc Feeney	Triple Eight Race Engineering	Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo		2:01.8911
2	P	75	Luca Stolz	SunEnergy1 Racing	Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo		+0.3188
3	P	32	Sheldon van der Linde	Team WRT	BMW M4 GT3		+0.3231
4	P	130	Maro Engel	GruppeM Racing	Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo		+0.3282
5	PA	88	Jordan Love	Triple Eight Race Engineering	Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo		+0.4287
6	P	912	Matt Campbell	Manthey Racing / EMA Motorsport	Porsche 911 GT3 R (992)		+0.4874
7	P	2	Ricardo Feller	Melbourne Performance Centre	Audi R8 LMS Evo II		+0.5636
8	P	22	Kelvin van der Linde	Melbourne Performance Centre	Audi R8 LMS Evo II		+0.5664
9	P	46	Maxime Martin	Team WRT	BMW M4 GT3		+0.6943
10	PA	911	Alessio Picariello	Manthey Racing / EMA Motorsport	Porsche 911 GT3 R (991.2)		+0.9940
11	P	77	Maximilian Götz	Craft-Bamboo Racing	Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo		+1.0310
12	PA	9	Lee Holdsworth	Melbourne Performance Centre	Audi R8 LMS Evo II		+1.0613
13	P	222	Cam Waters	Scott Taylor Motorsport	Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo		+1.1325
14	PA	48	Glen Wood	M Motorsport / Erebus Motorsport	Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo	+1.5335
15	S	44	Luke Youlden	Tigani Motorsport / Valmont Racing	Audi R8 LMS Evo II		+1.5950
16	S	93	Tony D'Alberto	Wall Racing	Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2	+2.1495
17	S	47	David Russell	Tigani Motorsport	Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo	+2.1780
18	P	13	Joel Eriksson	Phantom Global Racing / Team75	Porsche 911 GT3 R (992)	+2.3041
19	PA	27	Ross Gunn	Heart of Racing / SPS Automotive Performance	Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo		+2.3101
20	I	91	Tim Slade	Wheels Ltd.	MARC II V8	+4.1878
21	I	111	Rylan Gray	MRA Motorsport	MARC II V8	+4.2272
22	I	10	Nick Percat	Matt Stone Racing	MARC IRC GT	+4.7996
23	I	702	Paul Tracy	TekworkX Motorsport	MARC IRC GT	+10.9324
24	GT4	19	Adam Christodoulou	Nineteen Corporation	Mercedes-AMG GT4	+12.9671
25	GT4	25	Marcos Flack	Method Motorsport	McLaren Artura GT4	+13.7760
26	I	701	Philippe Bonnel	Vortex SAS	Vortex 1.0	+15.0913
27	GT4	230	Thomas Hayman	Method Motorsport	McLaren Artura GT4	+15.1937
28	GT4	56	Owen Hizzey	Nineteen Corporation	Ginetta G56 GT4	+16.1609
29	I	20	Cedric Sbirrazzuoli	T2 Racing	MARC IRC GT	No time
WD	I	50	Laura Kraihamer	Vantage Racing	KTM X-Bow GT2	Withdrawn[39]
Source:[40]

Top 10 Shootout

Pos.	Class	No.	Driver	Team	Car	Time
						Gr.A	Gr.B
1	P	32	Sheldon van der Linde	Team WRT	BMW M4 GT3		2:01.9810
2	P	888	Broc Feeney	Triple Eight Race Engineering	Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo		+0.2562
3	P	130	Maro Engel	GruppeM Racing	Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo		+0.4290
4	P	912	Matt Campbell	Manthey Racing / EMA Motorsport	Porsche 911 GT3 R (992)	+0.4449
5	P	75	Luca Stolz	SunEnergy1 Racing	Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo		+0.4581
6	P	2	Ricardo Feller	Melbourne Performance Centre	Audi R8 LMS Evo II	+0.6794
7	P	22	Kelvin van der Linde	Melbourne Performance Centre	Audi R8 LMS Evo II	+0.7792
8	P	46	Maxime Martin	Team WRT	BMW M4 GT3	+0.8420
9	PA	911	Alessio Picariello	Manthey Racing / EMA Motorsport	Porsche 911 GT3 R (991.2)	+1.0985
10	PA	88	Jordan Love	Triple Eight Race Engineering	Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo		+1.1101
Source:[41]

Race

Class winners indicated in bold and with ‡.

Pos.	Class	No.	Team	Drivers	Car	Laps	Time/Retired
					Engine
1	P	912	Manthey Racing / EMA Motorsport	Matt Campbell Ayhancan Güven Laurens Vanthoor	Porsche 911 GT3 R (992)	275	12:01:22.0968
					Porsche M97/80 4.2 L Flat-6
2	P	75	SunEnergy1 Racing	Jules Gounon Kenny Habul Luca Stolz	Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo	275	+2.6336
					Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8
3	P	22	Melbourne Performance Centre	Christopher Haase Liam Talbot Kelvin van der Linde	Audi R8 LMS Evo II	275	+3.7791
					Audi DAR 5.2 L V10
4	P	13	Phantom Global Racing / Team75	Bastian Buus Joel Eriksson Jaxon Evans	Porsche 911 GT3 R (992)	275	+5.4038
					Porsche M97/80 4.2 L Flat-6
5	P	46	Team WRT	Raffaele Marciello Maxime Martin Valentino Rossi	BMW M4 GT3	275	+5.8695
					BMW S58B30T0 3.0 L Twin Turbo I6
6	P	888	Triple Eight Race Engineering	Will Brown Broc Feeney Mikaël Grenier	Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo	275	+7.3295
					Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8
7	P	222	Scott Taylor Motorsport	Craig Lowndes Thomas Randle Cam Waters	Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo	275	+16.1615
					Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8
8	P	130	GruppeM Racing	Maro Engel Felipe Fraga David Reynolds	Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo	275	+30.6198
					Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8
9	PA	911	Manthey Racing / EMA Motorsport	Harry King Alessio Picariello Yasser Shahin	Porsche 911 GT3 R (991.2)	274	+1 lap
					Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
10	PA	27	Heart of Racing / SPS Automotive Performance	Ian James Ross Gunn Alex Riberas	Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo	274	+1 lap
					Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8
11	PA	88	Triple Eight Race Engineering	Prince Jeffri Ibrahim Jordan Love Jamie Whincup	Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo	274	+1 lap
					Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8
12	S	93	Wall Racing	Tony D'Alberto Adrian Deitz Grant Denyer David Wall	Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2	273	+2 laps
					Lamborghini DGF 5.2 L V10
13	PA	9	Melbourne Performance Centre	Marc Cini Dean Fiore Lee Holdsworth	Audi R8 LMS Evo II	270	+5 laps
					Audi DAR 5.2 L V10
14	S	44	Valmont Racing / Tigani Motorsport	Sergio Pires Brad Shiels Luke Youlden Marcel Zalloua	Audi R8 LMS Evo II	270	+5 laps
					Audi DAR 5.2 L V10
15	S	47	Tigani Motorsport	James Koundouris Theo Koundouris David Russell Jonathon Webb	Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo	268	+7 laps
					Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8
16	PA	48	M Motorsport / Erebus Motorsport	Jack Le Brocq Justin McMillan Garth Walden Glen Wood	Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo	259	+16 laps
					Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8
17	GT4	19	Nineteen Corporation	Daniel Bilski Adam Christodoulou Mark Griffith	Mercedes-AMG GT4	253	+22 laps
					Mercedes-AMG M178 4.0 L V8
18	GT4	230	Method Motorsport	Tom Hayman Tom McLennan Elliot Schutte	McLaren Artura GT4	252	+23 laps
					McLaren M630 3.0 L V6
19	I	20	T2 Racing	Adam Hargraves Daniel Jilesen Cedric Sbirrazzuoli	MARC IRC GT	245	+30 laps
					GM LS3 6.2 L V8
20	I	702	TekworkX Motorsport	Geoff Emery Daniel Stutterd Paul Tracy Max Twigg	MARC IRC GT	233	+42 laps
					GM LS3 6.2 L V8
21	I	10	Matt Stone Racing	Cameron Hill John Holinger Nick Percat	MARC IRC GT	222	+53 laps
					GM LS3 6.2 L V8
22	GT4	25	Method Motorsport	Jesse Bryan Marcos Flack Chaz Mostert	McLaren Artura GT4	217	+58 laps
					McLaren M630 3.0 L V6
23	I	701	Vortex SAS	Lionel Amrouche Julien Boilot Philippe Bonnel	Vortex 1.0	212	+63 laps
					Chevrolet LS3 6.2 L V8
DNF	P	77	Craft-Bamboo Racing	Maximilian Götz Daniel Juncadella Jayden Ojeda	Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo	223	Suspension
					Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8
DNF	P	2	Melbourne Performance Centre	Ricardo Feller Brad Schumacher Markus Winkelhock	Audi R8 LMS Evo II	216	Toe-link
					Audi DAR 5.2 L V10
DNF	I	111	MRA Motorsport	Darren Currie Axle Donaldson Rylan Gray	MARC II V8	198	Engine
					Ford Modular 5.2 L V8
DNF	P	32	Team WRT	Sheldon van der Linde Dries Vanthoor Charles Weerts	BMW M4 GT3	120	Crash
					BMW S58B30T0 3.0 L Twin Turbo I6
DNF	I	91	Wheels Ltd.	Keith Kassulke Cameron McLeod Hadrian Morrall Tim Slade	MARC II V8	85	Crash
					Ford Modular 5.2 L V8
DNF	GT4	56	Nineteen Corporation	Paul Buccini Oliver Hizzey Colin White Aaron Zerefos	Ginetta G56 GT4	83	Suspension
					GM LS3 6.2 L V8
WD	I	50	Vantage Racing	David Crampton Trent Harrison Laura Kraihamer	KTM X-Bow GT2	0	Crash in Practice 6[42]
					Audi 2.5 L TFSI I5

Notes

1. Car #2 ran under the commercial title "KFC Racing – Audi Sport Team MPC", Car #9 ran under the commercial title "Hallmarc Team MPC", and Car #22 ran under the commercial title "Wash It – Audi Sport Team MPC".^[2][3]
2. Car #13 ran under the commercial title "Phantom Global Team75 Bernhard".^[4]
3. Car #27 ran under the commercial title "Heart of Racing by SPS".^[5]
4. Cars #32 and #46 ran under the commercial title "BMW M Team WRT".^[6]
5. Car #44 ran under the commercial title "Valmont Tigani Motorsport".^[7]
6. Car #47 ran under the commercial title "Supabarn Tigani Motorsport".^[8]
7. Car #48 ran under the commercial title "M-Motorsport with Erebus".^[9]
8. Car #77 ran under commercial title "Mercedes-AMG Team Craft-Bamboo Racing".^[3]
9. Car #88 ran under the commercial title "Triple Eight JMR", and Car #888 ran under the commercial title "National Storage Racing with Triple Eight".^[12][13]
10. Car #130 ran under the commercial title "Mercedes-AMG Team GruppeM Racing".^[15][16]
11. Car #911 ran under the commercial title "Shell V-Power – The Bend Manthey EMA", and Car #912 ran under the commercial title "Manthey EMA Motorsport".^[19]
12. Car #20 ran under the commercial title "Localsearch T2 Racing".^[3]
13. Car #91 ran under the commercial title "Wheels / FX Racing".^[27][28]
14. Session was for FIA Bronze categorised drivers only.